Dominik Karski's music has been
regularly performed in Europe, USA and Australia; significant
recent events include performances by the Polish ensemble Flute
o'clock, Małgorzata Walentynowicz in duo with German baritone
Frank Wörner (Musica Polonica Nova 2014), Swedish violist Karin
Hellqvist (the acclaimed premiere of Certainty's Flux at
the 2013 Warsaw Autumn followed by CD release and further
performances, including Huddersfield Contemporary Music
Festival), creative projects realised with the Scottish flautist
Richard Craig (streamforms for bass flute presented in
Sweden, UK and USA and CD release of the work in the UK;
pre-seed for flautist and ensemble realised in
collaboration with SMASH ensemble in Spain), as well as
collaboration with the Swedish Paetzold contrabass recorder
soloist Anna Petrini (Superb Imposition premiered at the
Musica Electronica Nova 2011 in Wrocław and released on CD in
Sweden). The composer collaborated with ELISION ensemble in the
years 2003-2010, which resulted in numerous performances,
including the 2007 Warsaw Autumn, concerts in Australia, and the
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2006). Also of
importance was the performance of his inward by Ensemble
SurPlus in 2005 at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in
Stuttgart.

The composer participated in the
ISCM World New Music Days 2004 in Switzerland, Gaudeamus Music
Week in Amsterdam in 2002 (honourable mention) and 2003, the
International Andrzej Panufnik Young Composers' Composition
Competition in Krakow (1st prize), as well as international
forums organised by Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne: FORUM 2000
(Australia/Canada) and the 2001 Rencontres de musique nouvelle
(Canada).

His music was recognised in
Australia through awards such as the 2003 Albert H. Maggs
Composition Award (The University of Melbourne) and the 1998 ABC
Young Composers' Award, also numerous performances by leading
musicians and ensembles such as violinist Elizabeth Sellars,
percussionists Peter Neville and Claire Edwardes, cellist
Geoffrey Gartner, flautist Kathleen Gallagher, ELISION ensemble,
Libra Ensemble, and Ensemble Offspring, as well as the symphony
orchestras of Western Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania.

His composition studies took place
in Perth and Brisbane with Brian Howard and Steven Cronin. He
completed PhD degree in composition at the University of
Melbourne, also having studied at Universität für Musik und
darstellende Kunst Wien (Austria) under the mentorship of Chaya
Czernowin in 2006-07.

He received numerous grants and
scholarships from institutions in several countries: ArtsWA,
Australia Council for the Arts, The Ian Potter Foundation, and
The University of Melbourne (Australia); Le Domaine Forget Music
and Dance Academy (Canada); Kulturkontakt Nord (Sweden); Ministry
of Culture and National Heritage, Music and Dance Institute,
ZAiKS, and The Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Poland).

The physicality of producing sound
is the central focus in his works; his approach is directed at
the quality of sound through focusing on the player-instrument
relationship as the primary source of the musical substance. The
compositional method involves close collaboration with performers
with the aim to gain in-depth knowledge of performance techniques
and instrumental properties. Experiment and searching constitute
the foundation of the music, as the composer's main goal is to
learn about innate energies and emotional charges contained
within various sonic structures.